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Agnes Jäger: Mehr als (wie) die Summe seiner Teile - Vergleichspartikeln in den Dialekten Hessens mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von als wie

This paper is concerned with the areal and functional distribution of various comparison particles based on dialect data gathered throughout Hesse as part of the SyHD ("Syntax hessischer Dialekte") project covering Central as well as some Low and Upper German varieties. The results are discussed against the background of dialectal and diachronic research and are related to basic semantic distinctions with respect to comparison constructions. The main emphasis is on the comparison particle als wie, which is argued not to constitute a mere combination of the two comparison particles als and wie, but an independent pattern in its own right.